Dan McCaslin: The Splendors of Easy Backcountry Car-Camping
Head to Davy Brown or Nira Camp to escape everyday pressures; little gear is needed, and children could use a change of scenery, too
A Davy Brown campsite next to the creek. (Dan McCaslin / Noozhawk photo)
By Dan McCaslin, Noozhawk Columnist | @NoozhawkNews
May 15, 2021
| 3:15 p.m.
Midspring days sparkle amid great beauty all around like omnipresent surround sound, but visual and fragrant. Nature’s synesthesia of color and sound blares out like a giant megaphone in your face while hiking — as your toes touch the dirt path and you chew tasty brodiaea bulbs (blue dicks) or munch waning miner’s lettuce.